www.washingtontimes.com Topics: Richard Phillipshttp://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/richard-phillips/?utm_medium=RSS2015-05-08T17:19:57-04:00TIM CONSTANTINE: The answer to ISIS: Kill them 2015-05-08T17:19:57-04:00Tim Constantinehttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/may/8/tim-constantine-the-answer-to-isis-kill-them/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>In April of 2009 four armed Somali pirates took over large cargo ship off the coast of Africa. They took the ship's captain and his crew hostage. Capt. Richard Phillips tried to negotiate his way out of the situation by giving the pirates $30,000 cash. Eventually the pirates did leave ...Capt. Phillips to attend Mass. Maritime graduation2014-03-25T12:29:33-04:00http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/mar/25/capt-phillips-to-attend-mass-maritime-graduation/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p> BOURNE, Mass. (AP) - Richard Phillips, whose real-life ordeal as a hostage of Somali pirates was the subject of the movie "Captain Phillips," has been selected to address graduates at Massachusetts Maritime Academy's commencement.</p> <p> Phillips, a 1979 graduate of the college, will also receive an honorary degree at ...Captain Phillips to speak in Hutchinson2014-03-05T05:02:18-05:00http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/mar/5/captain-phillips-to-speak-in-hutchinson/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p> HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) - The man portrayed by actor Tom Hanks in the Oscar-nominated movie "Captain Phillips" is scheduled to give a lecture in Hutchinson later this year.</p> <p> The Hutchison News reports (http://bit.ly/1cxDMJR ) Capt. Richard Phillips is to deliver the Dillon Lecture in Hutchinson on Sept. 23.</p> ...Drugs on Maersk ship where 2 ex-SEALs died2014-02-20T18:59:31-05:00BROCK VERGAKIShttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/feb/20/navy-man-who-died-on-ship-off-africa-an-ex-seal/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p> NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - Drugs were in the room where two former Navy SEALs were found dead aboard the Maersk Alabama, a ship that was the focus of a 2009 hijacking dramatized in the movie "Captain Phillips," a company spokesman said Thursday.</p> <p> Police from the African island nation ...Drugs in room where former SEALs found dead on 'Captain Phillips' ship2014-02-20T18:20:29-05:00Brock Vergakishttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/feb/20/drugs-room-where-former-seals-found-dead-captain-p/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>NORFOLK, Va. &mdash; Drugs were in the room where two former Navy SEALs were found dead aboard the Maersk Alabama, a ship that was the focus of a 2009 hijacking dramatized in the movie "Captain Phillips," a company spokesman said Thursday.</p> <p>Police from the African island nation of Seychelles have ...2 US security officers found dead in Seychelles2014-02-19T15:11:43-05:00JASON STRAZIUSOhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/feb/19/2-us-security-officers-found-dead-in-seychelles/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p> NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Two American security officers have been found dead on a ship made famous when it was hijacked by Somali pirates, according to a statement by Seychelles police on Wednesday.</p> <p> The two Americans - Jeffrey Reynolds and Mark Kennedy, both 44 - were found dead ...Navy SEALs cite shabby treatment as Obama administration helps Hollywood instead2013-11-17T22:22:08-05:00Rowan Scarboroughhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/nov/17/obama-administration-helps-hollywood-while-punishi/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Navy SEALs are the toast of America, but revelations show that the top brass has not always watched their backs during the Obama administration.</p> <p>SEALs have brought exhilarating moments for the White House. The storied SEAL Team 6 killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan in 2011 and rescued U.S. cargo ...Some saying real Captain Phillips was no hero2013-10-24T12:10:48-04:00Amanda Taylorhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/oct/24/some-saying-real-captain-phillips-was-no-hero/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Captain Richard Phillips was leading the crew of the Maersk Alabama through dangerous waters in 2009 when his ship was attacked by Somali pirates. His story has been retold on the big screen as &quot;Captain Phillips,&quot; which some are saying takes creative liberties with the nature of the event and ...FIELDS: Spooks and snoops that haunt us2013-10-23T19:55:14-04:00Suzanne Fieldshttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/oct/23/fields-spooks-and-snoops-that-haunt-us/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>We no longer have to play at goblins and ghosts on Halloween. We've got real snoops and authentic spooks, and they're plenty scary, reading our mail and tracing us through social media. Safety and security are the crucial domestic interests in the high-tech world where we all live. We feel ...MOVIE REVIEW: 'Captain Phillips'2013-10-10T14:18:13-04:00Peter Suderman - Special to The Washington Timeshttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/oct/10/movie-review-captain-phillips/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p><span>W</span>hen director Paul Greengrass took over the Jason Bourne franchise with &ldquo;The Bourne Supremacy&rdquo; in 2004, he electrified the series by giving it a sense of hard-edged reality. The light was dull, the cameras jarringly shaky, the images grainy. &ldquo;Supremacy&rdquo; and its 2006 sequel, &ldquo;The Bourne Legacy,&rdquo; were spy thrillers ...'Captain Phillips': Examining piracy — or excusing it?2013-10-08T22:25:07-04:00Sonny Bunch — Special to the Washington Timeshttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/oct/8/captain-phillips-examines-piracy-without-excusing-/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p><strong>"</strong>Captain Phillips," starring Tom Hanks, is the taut, ripped-from-the-headlines tale of the 2009 hijacking of the container ship Maersk Alabama and kidnapping of its captain, Richard Phillips, by Somali pirates.</p> <p>The tense docudrama, which has generated early award buzz for Mr. Hanks' performance in the title role, tries to understand ...Kidnapped captain urges military escorts2009-05-01T04:45:03-04:00Kara Rowlandhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/may/1/captain-urges-military-escorts/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p> The captain who was rescued by Navy SEALs after his ship was hijacked off the Somali coast warned that arming crews with weapons is not enough to protect merchant ships in pirate territory and instead called for "comprehensive" approach that includes a military escort of U.S.-flagged vessels. </p> <p> ...